WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C Circuit confirmed that EPA cannot ignore the record of facts supporting the conclusion that the clean car standards are achievable. In January 2017, the Obama administration went through a robust mid-term evaluation for the clean car standards that confirmed that they are achievable.
Advocates from both Wisconsin and Minnesota will speak at a press conference later today, voicing their opposition to the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant proposed for construction in Superior, Wisconsin. The $700 million project, put forth by Minnesota Power and Dairyland Power, would commit to decades of burning fossil fuel in the Northland.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Jason Ravnesborg today backed down from their unconstitutional attempts to silence protesters.
Today, the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its failure to respond to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and promptly disclose documents regarding the agency’s unprecedented rejections, on behalf of corporate polluters, of climate-related shareholder resolutions aimed at reducing harmful pollution, or adopting corporate sustainability and climate goals.
Can business development and the environment be balanced? What are local best practices that can be modeled? How do business owners help avert an environmental crisis while still minding the bottom line? Join community and business leaders Wednesday, Oct. 30 to hear and discuss insights into what’s possible and what’s already being done at the intersection of sustainable business development and healthy, resilient communities.
Durante un discurso en una conferencia sobre gas de fracking, Donald Trump presumió de haber debilitado protecciones básicas del aire y el agua y falsamente declaró que Estados Unidos ya se ha retirado del Acuerdo de París y que el público apoya su decisión de abandonar este crucial pacto.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, a deposition from Ambassador Bill Taylor confirmed Donald Trump used military aid to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump’s political rivals, noting that “everything,” including “security assistance,” was contingent on Ukraine announcing an investigation into his domestic political rival first.
PITTSBURGH -- Today, while giving the keynote address at a fracked gas conference, Donald Trump touted rolling back bedrock clean air and water protections and falsely claimed both that the United States has already withdrawn from the Paris Agreement and that the American people support his decision to leave the landmark Agreement.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The US House of Representatives today passed legislation to finally reform the Mining Law of 1872. The legislation provides the first update to the mining laws since the time of pick and shovel miners.
Securitization is a key financing tool that can help electric utilities accelerate the retirement of uneconomic polluting coal plants and move more quickly toward a grid powered by clean, safe renewable energy, according to a new report from the Sierra Club.